deborahsaipan
Active Member
Say, Cathe and all you Cathe fans:
Have any of you out there ever heard of Martial Arts Coach Steve Sonnon and his clubbells (www.clubbell.tv)? These are sort of like weighted baseball bats that Coach Sonnon devised and has patented. Using them promotes a type of circular strength, as well as grip strength (which I need for terribly arthritic wrists that ache after each and every weight workout). Circular strength is different in that with dumbbell/barbell use you have an up and down (positive/negative) movement, existing in only two planes. With clubbells you have a circular plane you move the clubbells through, usually explosively (hence the need for perfect form). His video covers the history and basics of the moves, but does not really give any sort of tough compound routine that Cathe excels at and no one else has yet come close to.
Cathe, I am SO POSITIVE you could do an awesome DVD/VHS of clubbell routines, probably using only 5 and 10 pound clubbells (they feel heavier due to the extension of the clubbell's weight further out on your grip). I have 15 pounders, and they are very tough. I use 20lbs on biceps routinely, but those 15lb clubbells are killers, I can barely get through any routine I try to devise (maybe due to my defective wrists). I had to back down and buy 5 pounders so I can use correct form.
Think about it, Cathe, you'd be awesome. There are a ton of us looking for the next fitness challenge, and why not become fitness knuckledraggers with circular strength?
Cheers, Hafa Adai from Saipan.
Have any of you out there ever heard of Martial Arts Coach Steve Sonnon and his clubbells (www.clubbell.tv)? These are sort of like weighted baseball bats that Coach Sonnon devised and has patented. Using them promotes a type of circular strength, as well as grip strength (which I need for terribly arthritic wrists that ache after each and every weight workout). Circular strength is different in that with dumbbell/barbell use you have an up and down (positive/negative) movement, existing in only two planes. With clubbells you have a circular plane you move the clubbells through, usually explosively (hence the need for perfect form). His video covers the history and basics of the moves, but does not really give any sort of tough compound routine that Cathe excels at and no one else has yet come close to.
Cathe, I am SO POSITIVE you could do an awesome DVD/VHS of clubbell routines, probably using only 5 and 10 pound clubbells (they feel heavier due to the extension of the clubbell's weight further out on your grip). I have 15 pounders, and they are very tough. I use 20lbs on biceps routinely, but those 15lb clubbells are killers, I can barely get through any routine I try to devise (maybe due to my defective wrists). I had to back down and buy 5 pounders so I can use correct form.
Think about it, Cathe, you'd be awesome. There are a ton of us looking for the next fitness challenge, and why not become fitness knuckledraggers with circular strength?
Cheers, Hafa Adai from Saipan.